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history of the camera

  • First Image

    First Image

    French inventor Joseph Nicephore Niepce used a camera obscura to burn a "permanent image" of the countryside at Le Gras, France in black and white.
  • Alexander Wolcott

    Alexander Wolcott

    Walcott was able to produce a portrait daguerreotype.
  • The Beggining

    The Beggining

    first camera comes out
  • Period: to

    Cameras

  • First Colored Photo

    First Colored Photo

    The first colored photograph developed.
  • Kodak

    Kodak

    The use of photographic film was pioneered by George Eastman, who started manufacturing paper film in 1885 before switching to celluloid in 1889. His first camera, which he called the "Kodak," was first offered for sale in 1888.
  • First Color Instant Film

    First Color Instant Film

    The first color instant film is first developed by Kodak.
  • First Camera Phone

    First Camera Phone

    The world's first commercial camera phone, the Sharp J-SH04. It was released in Japan in 2001.
  • Camera Improvements

    Camera Improvements

  • Cameras Today

    Cameras Today

    Development throughout time